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Hannibal crosses the Alps

The German painter Alfred Rethel (1816-1859) dedicated six of his drawings to the theme of Hannibal crossing the Alps. Hannibal was a Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps in 217 BC during the second Punic War. It lasted for 14 days in October. (Freien Lehrervereinigung für Künstpflege, Verlag von Josef Scholz, Mainz 1907)